Joint C5 Capability Development, Integration and interoperability Assessments

Mission— Joint C5 Capability Development, Integration, and Interoperability Assessments

Lead command, control, communications, computers, and cyber (C5) assessments, analyses, capability development, and joint fires command and control (C2) interoperability efforts required to achieve an effective, integrated, and interoperable joint force. Efforts include C5 requirements determination, C5 architectures development and integration, C5 data standardization, joint fires C2 interoperability, and C5 integration and interoperability assessments. The Joint Staff is the DoD lead for the design and integration of Combined Joint All-Domain Command & Control (CJADC2) capabilities and development efforts across the Department. The Joint C5 program is the Joint Staff focal point for this responsibility. The Joint C5 R&D projects collectively provide the analytical basis and action arm of the CJADC2 Cross Functional Team (CFT) working groups charged with execution of the DoD CJADC2 Strategy, Implementation, and Campaign Plans.

Mission— C5 Assessments and Analyses

The DoD lead for the integration of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) capabilities and development efforts, conducting analysis and assessment functions and activities to inform and enhance joint warfighter capabilities in support of national security requirements. Provide timely, facts-based/data-driven findings, validation, and recommendations to senior level DoD leaders for decision-making processes and resourcing decisions regarding operational capabilities and requirements to enhance joint warfighter interoperability, survivability, and lethality. Conduct interoperability assessments and analyses that evaluate capability and interoperability of fielded and emerging command, control, communications, computers, and cyber (C5), and systems in response to senior-level critical operational issues impacting the joint warfighter. Align and focus efforts to the CJCS and SECDEF Analysis Plans, Combatant Command’s CJADC2 priorities and Tier I exercises and experiment activities. Conduct integration assessment efforts focused on emerging C2 system capabilities in wireless devices and security, assured C2 initiative, operational and tactical C2, networking, satellite communications, advanced secure digital datalinks, and allied/coalition data exchanges. Conduct laboratory and deployed tactical & operational assessments of CJADC2 programs to include cloud-based environment for distributed analysis. The CJADC2 Demonstration and Assessment Working Group (DAWG) Chair and Secretariat.

Mission— C5 Capability Development

Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber (C5) capability development functions as the DoD requirements lead for the joint command and control family of programs, Joint cyber, and requirements lead for mission partner environment (MPE). The program also develops joint context, containers, components, and code (C4) architectures, joint common systems functions, joint mission threads, leads analysis and reviews architectures and standards in joint capability development systems. C5 development enables warfighter access to authoritative data sources and improves data interoperability by establishing common command and control (C2) data and service standards.

Mission— Joint Fires C2 Interoperability

As the DoD lead for the integration of Combined Joint All-Domain Command & Control (CJADC2) capabilities and development efforts, lead interoperability efforts across DoD and partner nations at the operational and tactical level for mission partner operations, fire support, combat identification (CID), and friendly force tracking (FFT) capabilities. Conduct joint fire support, joint close air support and CID-FFT action plans to fulfill Chairman-directed, General Officer/Flag Officer (GOFO) level responsibilities. Conduct Joint Fire Support Executive Steering Committee (JFS ESC) standardization team accreditation visits to U.S. and partner nation schoolhouses to ensure memorandum of agreement signatories are accomplishing schoolhouse training in compliance with the memoranda.

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